“of the sea”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Mariña is a feminine given name documented in Spanish and Galician.
Separate records with matching spellings: Marina (Catalan, Czech), Marína (Icelandic, Slovak), Mãrina (Macedo-Romanian)
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Spain, 2025: 948 female (rank 1527). Documented as a given name in Spanish, Galician.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025–2025 Spelling: MARIÑA
Recorded category female
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
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| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 948 | 1,527 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “MARIÑA” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
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Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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Marina— “marine”
To these may perhaps be added the Italian Marino and Marina, given perhaps casually to sea-side dwellers; and their Greek equivalents, Pelagios and Pelagia, both of which are still used by the modern Greeks. Pelagius was used by the Irish, or more properly Scottish, Morgan, as a translation of his own name, and thus became tainted with the connection of the Pelagian heresy; but it did not become extinct; and Pelayo was the Spanish prince who first began the brave resistance…
To these may perhaps be added the Italian Marino and Marina, given perhaps casually to sea-side dwellers; and their Greek equivalents, Pelagios and Pelagia, both of which are still used by the modern Greeks. Pelagius was used by the Irish, or more properly Scottish, Morgan, as a translation of his own name, and thus became tainted with the connection of the Pelagian heresy; but it did not become extinct; and Pelayo was the Spanish prince who first began the brave resistance that rendered the mountains of the Asturias a nucleus for the new kingdom of Spain.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XIX (Town and Country) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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